Chapter 342: Rainbow Road

The watch ticked in Jiang Xia's ear, and the golden halo outside the window shone on the transparent glass like shining silk.

In the faintly blinding white light, it fell on Jiang Xia's face, his brow slightly furrowed.

"Which idiot opened the curtains?"

Jiang Xia snapped his eyes open, saw the sunlight that after multiple reflections was shining straight into his eyes, and immediately jumped up to pull the curtains shut.

After blocking the sunlight outside the window, he looked at the room plunged into darkness and silence, and Jiang Xia, satisfied, lay back comfortably on his bed.

But after only a moment of quiet, he again heard the metal gears constantly turning, and could hear the sound of screw gaps and metal panels connecting.

These harsh metal scraping sounds made it impossible for him to sleep peacefully.

"Ying, keep it down when you're fixing the watch."

Jiang Xia helplessly sat up from bed, opened his eyes, and his gaze pierced unimpeded through the brown-toned floor.

She was a girl with a ponytail, smooth forehead wearing goggles, and even from behind you could tell she was perfect.

The girl held a small, precise instrument in her hands, working on the neat parts laid out on the black metal table, and before her lay a nearly completed delicate mechanical watch.

Hearing the sound from the ceiling, the girl's soft, small ears twitched, and she casually replied, "It'll be ready soon, and by the way, it's already not early."

Not early—what time is it?

Hearing the reply, Jiang Xia turned his head to look at the antique clock hanging on the white wall, its hour and minute hands telling him the current time.

The time had already reached eleven in the morning, the minute hand relentlessly moving downward.

It turned out to be almost noon; I was wondering why the sunlight was so glaring—Jiang Xia realized he had probably overslept a bit.

This is Fengdu, a city that has experienced war and invasion.

But now the threat has been eliminated, and present-day Fengdu everywhere is a beautiful scene of peaceful prosperity.

After Jiang Xia saw the time clearly, he reopened the curtains, and what met his eyes was a completely new city.

Prosperity and development are now synonymous with this city.

Only that tower, which has always stood firm, can prove that this place was once Fengdu.

Sunlight slanted onto Jiang Xia's side; wearing a white coat, he stood before the full-length mirror by the window, reflecting his overly youthful face.

If you only look at his appearance, he is now almost no different from when he first arrived in this world, and even looks younger.

A floral-scented breeze blew from afar, making the pale white curtains sway slightly; Jiang Xia gazed at the tower that remained dazzling in the sunlight, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Jiang Xia walked out of the room into the bathroom to wash up, and when he came out he intentionally glanced at the shop.

Here it's still the same as usual, with hardly any customers at all.

He opened the room behind the shop door and went straight downstairs.

It's normal for there to be no one here; no one would willingly go looking for trouble with the underground emperor who rules Fengdu.

Whether there are customers is just up to his word; unless someone knows this place's special nature, they won't come here.

When the slightly warm screw cap was properly placed into the watch cover, the girl let out a long breath; seeing her lightly press it, the stopped hour and minute hands began to move.

"What an excellent design—although the appearance is just an ordinary jade wristwatch, inside it contains quite impressive technology," Jiang Xia said, leaning on the table with arms crossed, evaluating the just-completed watch face.

"Of course, this is my work."

The girl took off the goggles on her head; her black hair, dark as a waterfall, flowed out unrestrained like a black silk ribbon, so fine that those who lavishly spend on hair care would be driven to despair.

Jiang Xia sniffed; the air was filled with an indescribable fragrance; to an ordinary person it might seem like just the girl's natural body scent or shampoo.

But Jiang Xia immediately judged it to be the scent of hair conditioner, and the specific source should be the supermarket opened by Conglomerate X a few kilometers outside Fengdu; the specific ingredients are: deionized water, surfactants, thickening agents……

Of that, Ying's body scent accounts for 48%; the object of her body's genetic craving is……

"Damn, it's turned out like this again."

Jiang Xia took a deep breath, forcing himself to detach from the omniscient state.

Everything around also gradually shifted from endless information to the appearance of the real world, or rather, how an ordinary person sees it.

This is his biggest trouble after returning now; his perspective easily slips involuntarily into the omniscient world.

The specific situation is that, when fighting Da Gu Ba, forcibly entering the divine state produced this side effect.

However, this perspective does not actively gather all surrounding information; rather, it follows Jiang Xia's own thoughts—for example, when he wants to know something, it automatically enters this state.

It's not much different from Philip's Knowledge Rampage Train; it follows his deep consciousness, or rather, his subconscious.

What should be known is fine, but he also knows what he doesn't want to know—that's not good.

Fortunately he can barely control it; otherwise, viewing the world would be like some higher-dimensional perspective, completely losing immersion, which people could not accept.

"Give it a try; I made this especially for you."

Ying stood up, grabbed Jiang Xia's right hand, and placed the just-completed arm onto his wrist.

"Just right; from now on, even if we're in different worlds, we can stay in touch." Ying carefully examined the watch and how it matched Jiang Xia, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Isn't this just a phone watch? And a pirated one." Jiang Xia raised his wrist; the clear outer casing reflected his face clearly.

"What? This is a cross-dimensional communication watch I designed myself; I researched it for a long time." Ying puffed her cheeks, gave a soft hum, and turned her head away.

"If I weren't worried you'd go solo again like last time, I wouldn't have bothered with all this trouble." Seeing Ying's expression, Jiang Xia smiled.

Then he gently turned Ying toward him, looking at her eyes shining like stars, and said:

"I really like this gift, so can you teach me how to use it?"

"Of course, I designed many functions." Upon hearing she could teach Jiang Xia, Ying clenched her fists excitedly.

Then she seriously taught Jiang Xia how to use the function of the contact base to summon battle helpers.

However, Jiang Xia's purpose in returning to Fengdu this time is obviously not this gift, nor to collect watch faces, but to come back for a more important matter.

"Ugh."

Ying opened her mouth, and her pretty little face was distorted by the strong wind.

The surrounding screams were continuous; Jiang Xia could feel that, aside from a few people who weren't afraid, the adrenaline of the others who had come to play was surging.

However, amid the shrill cries, cheers were clearly mixed in.

It's obvious that only Ying could be screaming excitedly while racing on a roller coaster a few dozen meters high.

He felt no fear, even feeling no different from peace; Jiang Xia also unusually cooperated and let out two cries.

After all, this height isn't as high as when he flies himself, and the roller coaster here is too slow, so he feels no stimulation at all.

To be honest, at this height he doesn't even need to fly; even a free fall wouldn't kill him.

However, Ying was having a great time; although she had the strength to crush the roller coaster's front car with her bare hands, she still screamed as the coaster accelerated.

Jiang Xia, on the other hand, mildly interested, appreciated the constantly changing sky.

Blue sky and white clouds alternated and rotated; the weightless experience was quite good, and in his field of vision the heavens and earth seemed to invert, producing an unexpectedly nice view.

However, ordinary people in this situation would be scared half to death and would never experience such beautiful scenery.

Have fun!

Ying stepped off the roller coaster with an excited expression, while Jiang Xia, hands in pockets and calm, contrasted sharply with the person beside her whose legs were weak and needed support.

"Jiang Xia, let's try that one." Ying looked around, her eyes suddenly lighting up as she pointed to another exciting attraction in the amusement park.

"Drop tower?" Jiang Xia followed the direction Ying pointed and realized that what she wanted to try was another toy that stimulates the human body by altering gravity.

"Mm-hmm." Ying nodded heavily, "I want to try it."

Sure, you can try whatever you want.

"Wuhu!" Ying let out an excited shout.

Over the next few hours, they each experienced all the stimulating and non-stimulating things.

At this moment, the time was also approaching.

Ying stretched lazily, unabashedly exposing her beautiful curves to Jiang Xia.

"Let's go, we're heading to today's final stop." Ying smiled at Jiang Xia, who had accompanied her all day.

The so-called final stop refers to Feng Du Tower; Ying remembered that Jiang Xia had promised to take her there.

Ying understood that after this, Jiang Xia would likely embark on his own journey again, so this was also his final stop returning to Fengdu.

Jiang Xia didn't respond to Ying's invitation; instead, he raised his head to look at the already dimming sky.

Ying also followed Jiang Xia's gaze upward; she had already guessed that the final stop was Feng Du Tower, so even if Jiang Xia moved the entire tower before her, she wouldn't be surprised.

"This is..." As Ying followed Jiang Xia's gaze, she felt her heart skip a beat.

Night fell quietly over the sky; now it was the era of countless stars, even the sun had to retreat.

Feng Du Tower lit up, as if chosen by the stars.

Feng Du Tower, which usually only lights up during fireworks festivals, now unbelievably lit up entirely.

Moreover, all the lights of the buildings in Fengdu switched on at this moment; energy surged violently beneath the city, from bottom to top, countless colors transformed into ribbons of light in the air, dancing gracefully in midair.

Within this city, even a single tiny bulb capable of emitting a faint glow had to shine for this moment.

The stars dotted the sky, but the lights of Fengdu's city shone brighter than the heavenly stars.

Those skyscrapers likewise displayed dazzling colored light, like streetlights beside the road, eternal and unchanging.

Ying covered her chest with both hands; Fengdu filled her eyes, like multicolored stars.

"Come on, let's go together to Feng Du Tower." Jiang Xia extended his hand to Ying.

The colored light swirling in the air continuously flowed, constructing a Rainbow Road in midair.

Then the road made of countless rainbows traced a perfect arc in midair, its end being the Feng Du Tower, even more shocking than the aurora.

The buildings lit with colored light served as the road's lampposts; among countless lampposts, the sparkling Feng Du Tower rose from the ground, like a mythical tower reaching heaven, straight to paradise along the rainbow's steps.

"Mm, let's go together." Ying gazed at the dreamlike scene, reached out her hand, and actively placed it in Jiang Xia's palm.

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(End of chapter)